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Dale Frank

Growers and Showers, National Art School

Growers and Showers delves into the diverse materiality of Dale Frank’s expanded painting practice. Presented over two floors of the NAS Gallery, this significant survey exhibition includes over 40 large-scale paintings made over the last decade. 

Exhibition Dates: 11 April – 11 May 2024


Dale Frank The older he got the more his DNA changed to resemble that of a Gibbon, 0; tinted varnish on canvas; 220 x 300 cm; enquire
The older he got the more his DNA changed to resemble that of a Gibbon, 0
tinted varnish on canvas
220 x 300 cm
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Dale Frank Little did he know that his Bladder was beginning to overtake his brain in foretelling his desires, 2012; tinted varnish on canvas; 220 x 300 cm; enquire
Little did he know that his Bladder was beginning to overtake his brain in foretelling his desires, 2012
tinted varnish on canvas
220 x 300 cm
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Dale Frank Her studio was her kitchen table while her gallery was her bed, 2012; tinted varnish on canvas; 220 x 300 cm; enquire
Her studio was her kitchen table while her gallery was her bed, 2012
tinted varnish on canvas
220 x 300 cm
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Dale Frank The showers and the growers, 2012; tinted varnish on canvas; 220 x 300 cm; enquire
The showers and the growers, 2012
tinted varnish on canvas
220 x 300 cm
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Dale Frank Trevor loved to wear black nylon track paints over his tight pink Victoria Secret ladies thong briefs to the shops, 2012; tinted varnish on canvas; 200 x 300 cm; enquire
Trevor loved to wear black nylon track paints over his tight pink Victoria Secret ladies thong briefs to the shops, 2012
tinted varnish on canvas
200 x 300 cm
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Dale Frank His house cleaner was a big white woman from South Africa, 0; tinted varnish on canvas; 200 x 260 cm; enquire
His house cleaner was a big white woman from South Africa, 0
tinted varnish on canvas
200 x 260 cm
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Dale Frank Sam squatting in Mirabad Valley over a hand dug latrine pants around his ankles mastabating as he imagines his best mate back in Wodonga fucking Cheryl his fiancé., 2021; Colour pigment in Easycast, Epoxyglass, on Perspex; 200 x 260 cm; enquire
Sam squatting in Mirabad Valley over a hand dug latrine pants around his ankles mastabating as he imagines his best mate back in Wodonga fucking Cheryl his fiancé., 2021
Colour pigment in Easycast, Epoxyglass, on Perspex
200 x 260 cm
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Dale Frank After Gary became a quadruple amputee while working for J.J.Richards & Sons domestic waste collection he took up greco-roman wrestling winning many prestigious medals with his Club the Sydney Silverbacks, but left to set up his own club for amputee men’s naked wrestling in Wyoming near Gosford, 2023; 200 x 260 cm; enquire
After Gary became a quadruple amputee while working for J.J.Richards & Sons domestic waste collection he took up greco-roman wrestling winning many prestigious medals with his Club the Sydney Silverbacks, but left to set up his own club for amputee men’s naked wrestling in Wyoming near Gosford, 2023
200 x 260 cm
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Dale Frank He grew up outside London Ontario, 2012; tinted varnish on canvas; 200 x 260 cm; enquire
He grew up outside London Ontario, 2012
tinted varnish on canvas
200 x 260 cm
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Dale Frank As the Head Human Resources Officer at his firm he was hardly interrupted in his office so he could watch Greek porn for most of the day, 2012; tinted varnish on canvas; 200 x 260 cm; enquire
As the Head Human Resources Officer at his firm he was hardly interrupted in his office so he could watch Greek porn for most of the day, 2012
tinted varnish on canvas
200 x 260 cm
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Dale Frank He said he came from France but it was unusual because he could not speak a word of French, 2013; tinted varnish on canvas; 200 x 260 cm; enquire
He said he came from France but it was unusual because he could not speak a word of French, 2013
tinted varnish on canvas
200 x 260 cm
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Dale Frank After the incident and forced retirement ex-Senior Manager of Coles Budgewoi, Roger, always immaculately dressed, well spoken, at the end of an exceedingly long day living alone in his sparse self contained granny flat below his 94 year old mothers house in Sunrise Avenue, would take the short drive in his prized crimson red two door 1996 Integra to Colongra Swamp Park every Monday and Thursday late afternoons to collect mud crabs in the receding tide, and were he would meet Kyle who lived across the road in the Ingenia Lifestyle Sunnylake Shores Retirement Mobile home park, share a few private hours, listen to Kyle’s Vietnam stories, maybe share a delivered meal from San Remo Chinese takeaway, and give Kyle a full body massage which he thought often about and sometimes happened, and leave well before Winona, Kyle’s wife returned from Bowls, 2021; 200 x 240 cm; enquire
After the incident and forced retirement ex-Senior Manager of Coles Budgewoi, Roger, always immaculately dressed, well spoken, at the end of an exceedingly long day living alone in his sparse self contained granny flat below his 94 year old mothers house in Sunrise Avenue, would take the short drive in his prized crimson red two door 1996 Integra to Colongra Swamp Park every Monday and Thursday late afternoons to collect mud crabs in the receding tide, and were he would meet Kyle who lived across the road in the Ingenia Lifestyle Sunnylake Shores Retirement Mobile home park, share a few private hours, listen to Kyle’s Vietnam stories, maybe share a delivered meal from San Remo Chinese takeaway, and give Kyle a full body massage which he thought often about and sometimes happened, and leave well before Winona, Kyle’s wife returned from Bowls, 2021
200 x 240 cm
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Dale Frank Clarissa Dickson Wright’s kitchen, 2019; Sexual intimate lingerie (red), Epoxyglass on Perspex; 200 x 200 cm; enquire
Clarissa Dickson Wright’s kitchen, 2019
Sexual intimate lingerie (red), Epoxyglass on Perspex
200 x 200 cm
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Dale Frank Huey’s kitchen, 2019; sexual intimate lingerie (black), epoxyglass on Perspex; 200 x 200 cm; enquire
Huey’s kitchen, 2019
sexual intimate lingerie (black), epoxyglass on Perspex
200 x 200 cm
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Dale Frank He thought no one noticed he always looked down at any sign of a bulge in another mans pants rather than at their shoes as he had been taught, 2018; silver foil vent ducts in Epoxyglass on Perspex; 200 x 200 x 48 cm; enquire
He thought no one noticed he always looked down at any sign of a bulge in another mans pants rather than at their shoes as he had been taught, 2018
silver foil vent ducts in Epoxyglass on Perspex
200 x 200 x 48 cm
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Dale Frank The fourth Rusty Nail, 2018; Epoxyglass on Perspex; 200 x 200 cm; enquire
The fourth Rusty Nail, 2018
Epoxyglass on Perspex
200 x 200 cm
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Dale Frank Sometimes it is just a matter of telling yourself that you are in control, 2016; from the series Resin, pigments moulded in Epoxyglass in Epoxyglass on Perspex; 200 x 200 cm; enquire
Sometimes it is just a matter of telling yourself that you are in control, 2016
from the series Resin, pigments moulded in Epoxyglass in Epoxyglass on Perspex
200 x 200 cm
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Dale Frank Eric, 2016; painted rubber silicon clown masks in Liquid Glass on perspex; 200 x 200 cm; enquire
Eric, 2016
painted rubber silicon clown masks in Liquid Glass on perspex
200 x 200 cm
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Dale Frank Saint Petersburg, 2017; Human hair wigs on Perspex; 200 x 200 cm; enquire
Saint Petersburg, 2017
Human hair wigs on Perspex
200 x 200 cm
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Dale Frank Vladivostok / Nakhodka, 2016; Human hair wigs on Perspex; 200 x 200 cm; enquire
Vladivostok / Nakhodka, 2016
Human hair wigs on Perspex
200 x 200 cm
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Dale Frank Dale dug a hole, 2017; dyed human hair wigs on Perspex; 200 x 200 cm; enquire
Dale dug a hole, 2017
dyed human hair wigs on Perspex
200 x 200 cm
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Dale Frank A punch drunk pissed off cat, Tornado Tommy, trapped in a box, barely two beans to rub together, 2014; varnish on canvas; 214 x 214 cm; (framed); enquire
A punch drunk pissed off cat, Tornado Tommy, trapped in a box, barely two beans to rub together, 2014
varnish on canvas
214 x 214 cm; (framed)
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Dale Frank Tim could have done anything if he had wanted and all his friends would think that he was lucky, but he was left alone with himself, a stranger that held his life together like a water based glue, 2022; colour pigments in easy cast resin, epoxyglass, on perspex; 220 x 200 cm; enquire
Tim could have done anything if he had wanted and all his friends would think that he was lucky, but he was left alone with himself, a stranger that held his life together like a water based glue, 2022
colour pigments in easy cast resin, epoxyglass, on perspex
220 x 200 cm
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Dale Frank The annual Christmas party in the back room at the offices of Creative Australia, 2022; colour powder pigment, translucent dyes in epoxyglass, epoxyglass, on perspex; 200 x 200 cm; enquire
The annual Christmas party in the back room at the offices of Creative Australia, 2022
colour powder pigment, translucent dyes in epoxyglass, epoxyglass, on perspex
200 x 200 cm
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Dale Frank Taylor's increasingly often weekends in Port Macquarie were becoming so suspect either because his parents wanted to Will their house to his cousin, Louise, a single mother with three kids, on a Provisional Visa, from Devon, England, or because Sharon, from the Apartment next door to Taylor kept suggesting they move in together with his cat Princess, 0; colour powder pigments, translucent dyes in epoxyglass, epoxyglass, on perspex; 200 x 200 cm; enquire
Taylor's increasingly often weekends in Port Macquarie were becoming so suspect either because his parents wanted to Will their house to his cousin, Louise, a single mother with three kids, on a Provisional Visa, from Devon, England, or because Sharon, from the Apartment next door to Taylor kept suggesting they move in together with his cat Princess, 0
colour powder pigments, translucent dyes in epoxyglass, epoxyglass, on perspex
200 x 200 cm
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Dale Frank Rory’s cheap horror film mentality only went as far as becoming the local night time peeping tom and occasionally shitting on certain men's driveways, 2023; colour powder pigment, translucent dyes in epoxyglass, epoxyglass, on perspex; 200 x 200 cm; enquire
Rory’s cheap horror film mentality only went as far as becoming the local night time peeping tom and occasionally shitting on certain men's driveways, 2023
colour powder pigment, translucent dyes in epoxyglass, epoxyglass, on perspex
200 x 200 cm
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Dale Frank Pluto Series: You have to realise Beauty can sometimes be lethal, 2015; tinted varnish on perspex; 200 x 200 cm; enquire
Pluto Series: You have to realise Beauty can sometimes be lethal, 2015
tinted varnish on perspex
200 x 200 cm
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Dale Frank Cynthia’s hot profile was a hit on Tinder but when they found out he was a 3rd year plumbers apprentice things got complicated, 2023; colour powder pigment, translucent dyes in epoxyglass, epoxyglass, on perspex; 200 x 180 cm; enquire
Cynthia’s hot profile was a hit on Tinder but when they found out he was a 3rd year plumbers apprentice things got complicated, 2023
colour powder pigment, translucent dyes in epoxyglass, epoxyglass, on perspex
200 x 180 cm
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Dale Frank Those Sausage Sizzle mornings, 2017; DVD CDs and Epoxyglass on Perspex; 200 x 180 cm; enquire
Those Sausage Sizzle mornings, 2017
DVD CDs and Epoxyglass on Perspex
200 x 180 cm
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Dale Frank After a few drinks she would always tell how she slept with Sam Worthington at school but the numbers just did not add up, 2014; varnish on glass (4mm); 218.5 x 178.5 x 8 cm; enquire
After a few drinks she would always tell how she slept with Sam Worthington at school but the numbers just did not add up, 2014
varnish on glass (4mm)
218.5 x 178.5 x 8 cm
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Dale Frank Guadalajara, 0; Compression foam and Harlequin paint on Perspex; 200 x 160 x 60 cm; enquire
Guadalajara, 0
Compression foam and Harlequin paint on Perspex
200 x 160 x 60 cm
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Dale Frank Hotel of Love the house of grasshoppers, 2016; Shattered safety glass in liquid glass on perspex; 200 x 150 cm; enquire
Hotel of Love the house of grasshoppers, 2016
Shattered safety glass in liquid glass on perspex
200 x 150 cm
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Dale Frank Bangladeshi, 2016; 14.; Bluebird Blood under Liquid Glass on perspex; 200 x 150 cm; enquire
Bangladeshi, 2016
14.
Bluebird Blood under Liquid Glass on perspex
200 x 150 cm
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Dale Frank He caught 16 year old Tristan from next door on his knees with his pants down screwing Lola his black Labrador, 2016; Chinese hair attachment buns, Epoxyglass on Perspex; 200 x 150 cm; enquire
He caught 16 year old Tristan from next door on his knees with his pants down screwing Lola his black Labrador, 2016
Chinese hair attachment buns, Epoxyglass on Perspex
200 x 150 cm
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Dale Frank View over Nouakchott, 2019; silicon (butt plugs), epoxyglass on Perspex; 200 x 150 cm; enquire
View over Nouakchott, 2019
silicon (butt plugs), epoxyglass on Perspex
200 x 150 cm
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Dale Frank View over Rovaniemi, 2019; stainless steel, glass, silicon (butt plugs), epoxyglass on Perspex; 200 x 150 cm; enquire
View over Rovaniemi, 2019
stainless steel, glass, silicon (butt plugs), epoxyglass on Perspex
200 x 150 cm
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Dale Frank Often Travis was seen on his Husqvarna ride on mower, riding down to the local BWS in nothing just his orange jockies and thongs, 2023; translucent ink in easycast, epoxyglass, on perspex; 160 x 120 cm; enquire
Often Travis was seen on his Husqvarna ride on mower, riding down to the local BWS in nothing just his orange jockies and thongs, 2023
translucent ink in easycast, epoxyglass, on perspex
160 x 120 cm
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Dale Frank His two holes were both hard wired and too suffering, 2023; colour powder pigment, translucent dyes in easycast, epoxyglass, on perspex; 160 x 120 cm; enquire
His two holes were both hard wired and too suffering, 2023
colour powder pigment, translucent dyes in easycast, epoxyglass, on perspex
160 x 120 cm
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Dale Frank To keep his life afloat Costa worked Monday to Thursday afternoon shifts at BWS in Miranda Fair and every Thursday and Friday nights taking calls on the Qantas Customer Help line, while Saturdays Sundays were his, having lunch at his Greek girlfriends parent's house, selling amphetamines in Coogee, and taking anal sex in the cool room of the Southend Motel, Maroubra, to help ease his extended piles, 2023; colour powder pigment, translucent ink in epoxyglass, epoxyglass, on perspex; 160 x 120 cm; enquire
To keep his life afloat Costa worked Monday to Thursday afternoon shifts at BWS in Miranda Fair and every Thursday and Friday nights taking calls on the Qantas Customer Help line, while Saturdays Sundays were his, having lunch at his Greek girlfriends parent's house, selling amphetamines in Coogee, and taking anal sex in the cool room of the Southend Motel, Maroubra, to help ease his extended piles, 2023
colour powder pigment, translucent ink in epoxyglass, epoxyglass, on perspex
160 x 120 cm
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Dale Frank Wayne always could see creatures in his first dark piss of a morning, 2023; tinted varnish, colour powder pigment, translucent dyes in easycast, epoxyglass, on perspex; 160 x 120 cm; enquire
Wayne always could see creatures in his first dark piss of a morning, 2023
tinted varnish, colour powder pigment, translucent dyes in easycast, epoxyglass, on perspex
160 x 120 cm
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Dale Frank Sometimes it’s hard being perfect, 2018; pearlescent varnish and varnish resin hardener on Epoxyglass on Perspex; 160 x 120 x 12 cm; enquire
Sometimes it’s hard being perfect, 2018
pearlescent varnish and varnish resin hardener on Epoxyglass on Perspex
160 x 120 x 12 cm
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Dale Frank Peter stuyvesants soft pack, 2019; convex mirrors, epoxyglass, on perspex; 160 x 120 cm; enquire
Peter stuyvesants soft pack, 2019
convex mirrors, epoxyglass, on perspex
160 x 120 cm
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Dale Frank Growers and Showers
National Art School, 2024

Group Show, The First 40 Years
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2024

Dale Frank Jacob took seven minutes before he could piss
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2023

Dale Frank this is a floatation device, this is not a life saving device
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2022

Dale Frank The Omega Variant Show
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2021

Dale Frank Shaun taught piano
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2020

Dale Frank
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2019

Group Show, The Like Button
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2018-19

Dale Frank
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2018

Group Show, State of Play
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2017

Dale Frank
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2017

Group Show, Shut Up and Paint
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2016-17

Group Show
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2016

Dale Frank SABCO PEROXIDE
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2016

Group Show
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2015

Dale Frank Toby Jugs
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2014

Dale Frank Nobody's Sweetie
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2013

Dale Frank WACKY DUCK FLUFFY TOM
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2011

Dale Frank Charlie Cox
123 Albert Street, Brisbane, 2011

Dale Frank THE BEAUTY OF DISTANCE: Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age
17th Biennale of Sydney, 2010

Dale Frank Ice Age
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2010

Dale Frank Some Boring Paintings
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2008

Dale Frank Sore Throat
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2007

Dale Frank
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2006

Group Show
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2005

Dale Frank Modern Art Paintings For Sale
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2004

Dale Frank Views from the Bruce Highway
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2003

Group Show, Dirty Dozen
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2002

Group Show, The First 20 Years
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2002

Dale Frank
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2001

Group Show, All Stars
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2000

Dale Frank John Cougar Mellencamp A Sydney Lap Dog the Perfect Drug
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2000

Dale Frank Dale Frank: Ecstasy 20 Years of Painting
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2000

Dale Frank A few paintings in the small room
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1999

Dale Frank Paintings
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1998

Dale Frank MOVIE SHOW: new collage
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1997

Dale Frank Pool room
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1996

Dale Frank Social Realism
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1996

Group Show, Stockroom
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1995

Dale Frank I'm Only Dancing
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1995

Dale Frank
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1992

Dale Frank Recent small drawings
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1992

Group Show, Christmas show
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1991

Dale Frank Recent Work
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1991

Group Show, The 1980–1990 show, A Selection of Work from our Stockroom
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1990-91

Dale Frank
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1990

Group Show
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1990

Dale Frank
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1989

Dale Frank
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1986

Group Show, The Forbidden Object
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1986

Dale Frank
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1985

Group Show, Australian Visions
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1984

Dale Frank Death
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1984

Group Show, Dreams and Nightmares
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1984

Group Show, D'un autre continent: l'Australie, le reve et le reel (From another continent : Australia, the dream and the real)
Musee d'Art Moderne, Paris, 1983

Dale Frank Punchline
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1983

Group Show, Pirates & Mutineers
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1983

Dale Frank Self portraits
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1982

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery
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